Boko Haram: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News

A leading presidential candidate recently dismissed the threat of climate change by saying, "I think
http://www.yohaig.ng/category/newspapers/the-punch/ our biggest form of climate change we should
worry about is nuclear weapons." It's a silly statement, but it represents a school of thought that
climate change isn't a serious issue.
Keith Gaby
Comms Dir (Climate/Health), Environmental Defense Fund & EDF Action
It is important not to generalize and to refuse Islamophobia. But that should not make us blind.
Islam is accountable for what, for fifteen years has been killed, destroyed or raped in its name.
Georges Ugeux
Chairman and CEO, Galileo Global Advisors and Adjunct professor at Nigerian Columbia Law School
Dear Feet That Have Touched My Face: You have not witnessed the horrors I have witnessed. You
have not felt the pain I have felt. You have not heard the cries I have heard.
We are at a disturbing conjuncture in world history. There are currently more people displaced by
war, persecution and conflict than at any time since World War Two -- almost 60 million in total.
Simon Adams
Executive Director, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
It was Christmas Eve last year when I saw the BBC headline "Nigeria Boko Haram: Militants
'technically defeated'- Buhari". What immediately came to mind was George W. Bush's "Mission
Accomplished" banner.
By Linda-Ann AkanvouIt is necessary for the international community to become more involved ...
Simply put, terrorism is an ideology and a tactic. Declaring War on Terrorism is as silly as
proclaiming war on kamikazes during World War II.
Sam Corey
USC Master's Student. Instagram: @american__jesus
Nigerians want and need a government that effectively represents
http://www.nigeriaembassyusa.org/index.php?page=about-nigeria the majority's interests, but many
citizens are understandably disaffected and impoverished.
Phyllis Taoua
Associate Professor of Francophone and Africana Studies at the University of Arizona and a Public
Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project

Joining in with other Americans, being flexible, yielding a little here and there, sharing stories,
taking classes on something other than the Quran, participating in interreligious dialog--all this
helps.
Stafford Betty
Professor of religious studies, California State University, Bakersfield
African Great Lakes Region This past February 9, 2016, in the US House of Representatives, in
the Capitol Visitor Center, we attended an "Afric...
Yaa-Lengi Ngemi
International Expert and Consultant on Africa, Historian, Scientist, Lecturer, Author, and Activist;
President of Congocoalition.
To call Daesh the "Islamic State," "ISIL," or "ISIS" are poor
http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/nigeria.htm strategic choices. Those labels are part of Daesh's
international psychological operations campaign to create the perception that Islam is a monolith
and that they speak for it, which fits nicely with their political goal of building their own state and
recruiting fighters to help them do so.
T.A. Ridout
Global Politics, Economics, and Society from an American Perspective
Leaders of the world are coming together in London this week for all the right reasons: As the
violence continues unabated, stoking more turmoil in an already restive region, standing by the
Syrians is unquestionably our collective duty.
Toby Lanzer
UN Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel based in
Dakar, Senegal
This post first appeared at Foreign Policy Journal. It is important to begin the process of healing
ties between Iraqi Sunnis and Shi'ites. ...
According to the Global Terrorism Index the world's deadliest terror group is not ISIS. That dubious
crown instead belongs to Nigeria' Boko Haram.
The time is now to reclaim the http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/ spirit of Roe and the right of all women
and girls to terminate a pregnancy, at home and abroad.
This month, I presented to the United Nations General Assembly a Plan of Action to Prevent Violent
Extremism, which takes a practical and comprehensive approach to address the drivers of this
menace. It focuses on violent extremism which can be conducive to terrorism.
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